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January 27th, 2020, 21:30 Posted By: wraggster
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot holds No.1 in the UK physical chart by just 400 units.
The RPG beats out Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (which remains at No.2) despite a 63% drop in sales week-on-week.
January is quiet even by January standards, and the only new release this week is Rugby 20 by Big Ben Interactive, which makes its debut at No.13. The game performed much better than its predecessor managed, as Rugby 18 (released in November 2017) didn't make the Top 40 at all. Of course, November is a far busier release window and where physical retail sales are typically far stronger. Even so, this latest game has sold around 25% more than the previous one.
One title to keep a close eye on is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game continues to jump up the charts. It was No.38 two weeks ago, rising to No.20 last week and the RPG now sits at No.12.
The game has had renewed interest following the popularity of the new Netflix TV show based on the IP, which has attracted 76 million viewers worldwide and was one of the biggest shows in the UK last year. Its success comes at a good time for its developer CD Projekt Red, which has delayed its next big release -- Cyberpunk 2077 -- from April to September.
Elsewhere, there has been severe stock shortages of Nintendo Switch consoles in the UK, with certain retailers advertising every time they have more machines in stock. A recent increase in Switch hardware last week had a positive impact on Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, which rises six places to No.6.
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January 27th, 2020, 21:29 Posted By: wraggster
Console manufactures can breathe easy after tension between China and the US cooled earlier this month.
Following a recent agreement between US president Donald Trump and Chinese vice premier Liu He, a number of trade tariffs have been taken off the table indefinitely.
Among them was the proposed 25% import tax on consoles, the overwhelming majority of which are produced in China. According to figures from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, over 96% of consoles imported into the US in 2018 came from China.
In response to the threat, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all reportedly scaled back console production in China.
With the the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launch scheduled to launch later this year -- along with rumours of a Nintendo Pro -- the news is well-timed for manufacturers and consumers alike.
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January 27th, 2020, 21:27 Posted By: wraggster
Though it's still heads-down on its upcoming console, Atari is now tackling its comeback attempt from another angle by making themed hotels.
Today, the gaming brand and hardware manufacturer announced it was partnering with strategy group GSD Group to build eight "Atari Hotels" across the US. The first is planned to break ground later this year in Phoenix, Arizona, assisted by real estate developer True North Studio. Additional locations are planned in Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, Las Vegas, NV, San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA, and Seattle, WA.
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January 26th, 2020, 21:05 Posted By: wraggster
Did the US gaming industry grow or shrink in 2019? It depends on how you look at it.
The Entertainment Software Association today announced that revenues from US gaming content totalled $35.4 billion in 2019, up 2% year-over-year, citing its own data as well as that of the NPD Group for the number. The figure accounts for all software and in-game purchases, including those on US mobile games.
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January 23rd, 2020, 17:38 Posted By: wraggster
Sony and Microsoft have started talking about their next-generation hardware, and while some features are already known -- backwards compatibility, 8K resolution support, solid-state drives for shorter load times -- both companies have plenty of details left to reveal.
Those features may make for nice marketing bullet points, but what do gamers think is important? GamesIndustry.biz contributed a series of questions to ISFE and Ipsos MORI's GameTrack consumer survey regarding the public perception of features for the next generation of consoles, which were given to a representative sample of 8,000 gamers aged 11 to 64 across the UK, Germany, Spain and France and Italy.
"Better graphics" are widely agreed to be important in the European markets, with 68% of all surveyed gamers considering it important. Among console gamers only, this figure moves up to 78%."'Virtual reality compatibility' and 'handheld mode available' were most commonly deemed less important"
The only other feature to get anywhere close to that level of consensus from participants was "shorter load times when playing digital games." 63% of all surveyed gamers considered that an important factor, and 71% of console gamers.
Despite the emphasis on visuals, "8K resolution graphics" weren't considered as important as many other features. 40% of all surveyed gamers considered 8K support important for next-gen consoles. That number ticked up to 49% when looking at just the console gamers, but in both groups it performed less well than "motion controls," "backwards compatibility," and "ability to play physical games."
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January 21st, 2020, 18:23 Posted By: wraggster
The mental health director of Britain's NHS has called on the games industry to ban the use of loot boxes in its titles.
In a statement on the NHS website, the organisation linked the monetisation mechanic to gambling addiction, adding that it was particularly concerned about the impact on children.
Mental health director Claire Murdoch warns that developers and publishers are in danger of "setting kids up for addiction" by using chance-based purchases in their titles.
She cited figures from the Gambling Commission that show 55,000 children in the UK have been classed as having a gambling problem. The NHS' own estimates report there are 400,000 people in England have a gambling problem.
Loot boxes do not come under the remit of the Gambling Commission as they have not been classified as gambling -- something Murdoch describes as a "loophole" based largely on the fact that there is no official way to convert digital prizes into cash (despite the existence of various third-party sites and eBay accounts that sell skins, rare items and gaming accounts with sought after cosmetics).
Murdoch urges the industry to ban the sale of games with loot boxes that are played by children, always make drop rates clear, introduce "fair and realistic spending limits", and do more to raise awareness among parents of the risks connected to in-game spending.
"Frankly no company should be setting up kids for addiction by teaching them to gamble on the content of these loot boxes," she said. "No firm should sell to children loot box games with this element of chance, so yes those sales should end.
"Young people's health is at stake, and although the NHS is stepping up with these new innovative services available to families through our Long Term Plan, we cannot do this alone, so other parts of society must do what they can to limit risks and safeguard children's wellbeing."
Murdoch also cited a report by the Royal Society of Public Health that found the more than half of young people see both loot boxes and skin betting as "forms of highly addictive gambling."
She also offered the example of "one game even [launching] a virtual casino," referring to Grand Theft Auto Online's casino update last summer -- a new featured that happened to go live during an ongoing government inquiry into the immersive and addictive technologies (of which loot boxes became a prominent talking point).
The inquiry's conclusion featured recommendations similar to those of Murdoch, including a ban on the sale of games with loot boxes to children.
As part of the NHS' Long Term Plan to improve mental health, the health service has opened a new treatment centre with up to 14 new NHS gambling clinics planned across the UK.
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January 20th, 2020, 18:12 Posted By: wraggster
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot was the best-selling boxed game in the UK last week.
It's a strong launch for the RPG, with launch sales up 13% over the previous Dragon Ball game -- Dragon Ball Fighterz (which went head-to-head with Monster Hunter World back in January 2018).
Seeing a game like Dragon Ball at the top of the charts might seem unusual (although not entirely unheard of during January), but what is more surprising is the sheer number of new 3DS games in the charts.
WarioWare Gold is at No.5, Yo-Kai Watch makes No.8, the two Yokai-Watch sequels (Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls) are at No.12 and No.13, Metroid Prime: Federation Force is at No.26, Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley returns at No.46, and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is down at No.51.
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January 19th, 2020, 11:01 Posted By: wraggster
Star Wars Battlefront II has risen 142 places in the UK physical charts this week to reach No.5.
The shooter shot up thanks to a bulk sale of the PC version of the game.
Otherwise, it's a very typical Top 10 this week. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is still No.1, albeit just about. Activision's game is just under 400 copies ahead of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which sits at No.2. FIFA 20 is narrowly behind that by just under 1,000 units at No.3. Meanwhile, GTA V makes its inevitable return to the Top Five at No.4 (the game was No.7 last week).
Last week's new release, Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch, suffered a minor 22% drop in sales week-on-week. However, because of a far weaker boxed market this week, the game has risen from No.15 to No.9.
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January 19th, 2020, 10:57 Posted By: wraggster
Shocking no one who has paid any attention to any of the charts stories published on this site since 2013, Grand Theft Auto V was the best-selling game of the decade in the US by dollar sales.
The NPD Group has provided GamesIndustry.biz with a listing of the top-selling games of the decade that saw GTA V comfortably at the top, having been reported as the most profitable entertainment product of all time in 2018 and, at last count in November, having sold 115 million copies worldwide.
In second place? Call of Duty. In third? Also Call of Duty. Call of Duty titles took a total of ten spots in the top 20 games of the decade, with Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty Black Ops II in second and third place, respectively. As of the franchise's 2015 full-year financials, Call of Duty had surpassed 250 million units across all its entries, and done over $15 billion in total sales life-to-date. Given that all four of its major releases since are also in the top 20, it's likely well beyond that by now.
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January 19th, 2020, 10:56 Posted By: wraggster
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game in the US by dollar sales for the month of December, and continued a multi-year franchise trend as the best selling game of the year.
In fact, a Call of Duty game has been the best-selling game of the year every year this decade except for 2013 (Grand Theft Auto V) and 2018 (Red Dead Redemption II), according to data shared by The NPD Group. It has also been the best-selling franchise for 11 consecutive years.
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order took the No.2 spot for December, and ended the year at No.6 overall. It is also Respawn's best-selling game of all time by dollar sales.
In addition, MLB The Show 19 is now the best-selling baseball game in US history, though it didn't crack the top 20 this month.
Nintendo appears to have had an excellent holiday, with Luigi's Mansion 3 coming in at No.5 for the month and No.18 for the year, and a total of five titles in the top 10 and nine in the top 20 for the month. That's not including digital sales, which Nintendo does not report.
Overall in software, dollar sales were down 13% year-over-year in December to $1.1 billion and down 9% for the full-year to $6.6 billion. The Nintendo Switch was the only platform that grew in software.
Nintendo also, unsurprisingly, had a strong year in hardware. The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform in December and for the full-year (the PS4 took the crown for the full decade). Overall hardware spending for December was down 17% year-over-year to $973 million and full-year spending was down 22% to $3.9 billion -- the Switch was the only platform with gains.
Accessory and game card spending was down 14% for December to $869 million, while full-year sales dropped 7% to $4.1 billion. The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller was the best-selling accessory for the year.
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January 15th, 2020, 20:36 Posted By: wraggster
UK mental health charity Safe in our World has announced that three industry veterans have joined its initiative as patrons: UKIE CEO Dr. Jo Twist, former IGDA head and current Take This board member and Global Game Jam leader Kate Edwards, and voice actor Doug Cockle.
Safe in our World was launched in October 2019 to raise awareness and offer support for those with mental health issues or concerns both within the games industry, and those who play games.
Its roster of patrons work actively to define the charity's output and garner support from within the industry.
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January 14th, 2020, 17:42 Posted By: wraggster
A new plan by the Chinese government may result in further crackdown on games and live streams with content considered to be violent or pornographic.
Technode reports that the "Healthy China 2030" initiative is a coming push to improve Chinese mental health through various measures affecting schools, mental health organizations, counseling, and educational initiatives. It also includes plans for the reduction of violent and pornographic content that it believes is causing an increase in mental disorders among minors.
The initiative is being spearheaded by 12 different government departments, including the National Health Commission, the Publicity Department, and the National Radio and Television Administration. Together, these groups will set goals with the aim of improving the mental wellbeing of children and adolescents.
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January 14th, 2020, 17:39 Posted By: wraggster
Three major games firms are contributing towards aid for Australia as bushfires continue to ravage the nation.
Local developer Ubisoft Australia has donated AUS$30,000 to the Australia Red Cross Disaster and Recovery Relief Fund, and is encouraging more direct donations from its audience.
"We've heard the calls requesting we create in-game items to encourage donations," the company wrote via Twitter. "However this takes considerable development time and we feel immediate action is required."
Meanwhile, Infinity Ward has renamed its Outback pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to the Outback Relief pack and will be donating 100% of all the DLC's sales across all platforms until January 31st.
The tweet announcing this donation says this is just "part of our efforts to help provide relief toward the devastating bushfires in Australia," and that any previous sales of the Outback pack will also be donated.
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January 14th, 2020, 17:37 Posted By: wraggster
A new GSD chart shows just how different the UK charts will look when download data is included.
The firm (which was set up by European trade body ISFE and operated by B2Boost) released its first official UK chart last week, counting date from boxed games retailers to reveal that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was No.1, just ahead of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and FIFA 20.
However, GSD also publishes a digital chart, which arrives later in the week. The digital chart counts data supplied directly from a selection of publishers (namely Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, EA, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, Microsoft, Milestone, Paradox, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner Bros). It therefore doesn't cover the entire market. Indeed, notably Nintendo is missing entirely, so no Switch games are included in the digital chart.
The digital chart for the first week of the year has just arrived. And although it's not perfect, it does show us just how digital games are performing and how radically different the charts might look when download sales are factored in.
For instance, the digital chart below sees big sales for the likes of GTA V, Rainbow Six: Siege, Star Wars Battlefront II, Monopoly Plus and Spider-Man. And it would make quite a difference on the Top Ten.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare would still have been No.1 with digital sales included, but Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order would have fallen to No.4 behind GTA V at No.2 and FIFA 20 at No.3.
Borderlands 3 sold well physically, but it was a quiet week for the game as a download and it would not have made the Top Ten. Meanwhile, both Rainbow Six: Siege, Star Wars: Battlefront II, The Sims 4, Monopoly Plus and Spider-Man will all have been Top Ten games this week.
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January 14th, 2020, 17:36 Posted By: wraggster
An online auction of rare gaming items and more is the latest industry effort to raise money towards helping fight against the Australian bushfires.
Organised by a small group of Australian developers, led by Defiant Development founder Morgan Jaffit, the initiative is called Game Devs For Firies and follows a similar format to the recent #AuthorsForFireys auction.
Starting tomorrow (Tuesday, January 14), games companies and professionals will be offering signed games, one-off experiences, services and more via the hashtags #gamedevsforfiries and #gamedevsforfireys.
The highest bidder for each item will be instructed on how to donate directly to an Australian state fire service, either of the seller's nomination or the bidder's choice. Once they proof the donation has been made, their prize will be dispatched.
Jaffit himself is offering a signed copy of the Hand of Fate, plus the board game version and "a one-hour tarot reading/real-life Hand of Fate RP experience."
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January 14th, 2020, 17:35 Posted By: wraggster
FIFA 20 is enjoying its sixth consecutive week at No. 1 in the EMEAA combined charts, and tenth it's week in the top spot since launching in September 2019.
The ever-present Grand Theft Auto V appears in the latest charts at No. 2, up from No. 13 according to the previous week's charts.
However, a spokesperson from the data tracking firm B2Boost said this rare absence from the top ten resulted from incomplete data, and Rockstar's open world crime-a-thon should have placed at No. 3 for the final week of 2019, meaning it has climbed one spot week-to-week.
This batch of incomplete data has led to a number of inconsistencies with the story GamesIndustry.biz published on January 3, 2020. The below has been reported directly from chart data supplied by B2Boost for the first week of 2020.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is down one spot to No. 3, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order holds fast at No. 4.
Chart regular Rainbow Six Siege is in at No. 5, followed by Red Dead Redemption II.
Despite not providing digital sales data, Nintendo has two titles in the top ten, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No. 7, and Luigi's Mansion at No. 9.
Spider-Man and Star Wars Battlefront II round out the charts at No. 8 and No. 10 respectively.
Pokémon Sword has finally gone the way of Pokémon Shield, falling from the top ten entirely this week to No. 12.
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January 14th, 2020, 17:34 Posted By: wraggster
A Japanese prefecture is proposing an ordinance that would limit the time minors spend using smartphones, computers, and playing video games to one hour per day.
The Asahi Shimbun reports that Japan's Kagawa prefectural assembly is currently putting the ordinance together in response to what officials feel is a growing dependence on smartphones and games that is having a harmful effect on school and social activities for minors.
In its current form, the drafted ordinance asks parents or guardians to enforce a one-hour-per-day limit on screentime for those under age 18, with 90 minutes allowed on weekends and holidays. It also specifies that minors of junior high school age and younger have devices shut off by 9 p.m., while older children may use them until 10 p.m. It does not include a penalty for violations of the ordinance.
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January 14th, 2020, 17:34 Posted By: wraggster
GameStop has lowered its full-year guidance once again after sales over the nine-week-long holiday period were "well below expectations."
The retailer reported holiday sales of $1.83 billion, down 27.5% year-over-year from 2018. In a press release, GameStop maintained that sales results were "indicative of overall industry trends impacting the video game industry" and were largely the result of decline in new hardware and software sales in December.
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January 8th, 2020, 21:44 Posted By: wraggster
Supercell's Clash of Clans saw a year-over-year revenue increase in 2019 for the first time since 2015, thanks at least in part to the introduction of a "Gold Pass" reminiscent of Fortnite's "Battle Pass."
According to Sensor Tower, Clash of Clans brought in $727 million in total revenue for 2019, up 27% year-over-year from $527 million in 2018. Prior to that, yearly revenue had been on the decline since its last year-over-year increase in 2015, when Clash of Clans brought in $1.8 billion -- up 9% year-over-year from 2014's $1.6 billion.
Sensor Tower suggests this is due to the introduction of a $4.99 "Gold Pass" of content beginning in April, noting that spending that month went up 73% year-over-year, 58% month-over-month from March, and reached $66.6 million. In the first seven days after the Gold Pass release, spending shot up 145% and reached $3.9 million per day during that period.
Clash of Clans has been out since 2012, and in 2019 accounted for 42% of developer Supercell's total revenue. Total since its launch, it's brought in over $6.4 billion worldwide.
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January 8th, 2020, 18:46 Posted By: wraggster
We're still in the holiday lull of no major new releases, which means FIFA 20 was still No.1 in the EMEAA charts for the fifth week running and the ninth total week since it launched.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order also made returns to the No.2 and No.3 spots, with Luigi's Mansion once more at No.5, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe still at No.6, and Pokemon Sword hanging on at No.8 (Shield dropped to No.20). So things are remaining relatively stable. But some end-of-year sales helped boost other titles into the top 10 that hadn't visited for a while.
Marvel's Spider-Man jumped from No.22 two weeks ago to No.13 last week, to No.7 this week thanks to a sale on the PS Store. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and multiple EA titles (including Need for Speed: Heat, Star Wars Battlefront II, and The Sims 4 particularly) also benefitted from discounts and made jumps. Rainbow Six moved from No.24 to No.4, Need for Speed went from No.15 to No.9, Battlefront II rose from No.39 to No.11, and The Sims 4 went from No.33 to No.12.
No new releases broke into the top 50 combined, physical, or digital sales this week.
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